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Torts · MBE-tested
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louie Way, Appellant
191 N.Y. 533·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louie Way, Appellant.
People v. Way, 119 App. Div. 344, affirmed.
(Submitted February 24, 1908;
decided March 10, 1908.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 15, 1907, which affirmed a judgment rendered at a Trial Term for the county of New York upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of assault in the first degree.
Lyman A. Spalding, Forbés J. Hennessy, Daniel O'Reilly and George S. Scofield, Jr., for appellant.
William Travers Jerome, District Attorney (Robert S. Johnstone of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
■Judgment of conviction affirmed ; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Werner, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.